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Her Name Is Diana

 

* Diana Brook

 ..... Englishwoman who was the FIRST woman to take charge of a major auction group

 

* Diana Scultori Ghisi

 ..... on June 5th 1575 she became the FIRST female artist to be given permission by Pope Gregory X111 to sign her own name on her engravings

 

 * Diana Goodman

..... FIRST female foreign correspondent for the BBC. She had been a general reporter with the BBC Radio News in London since 1982 and moved to Bonn on her new appointment

 

* Diana Moran

..... television's Green Goddess with her keep fit exercise programme. It was the FIRST time a cosmetic line had been introduced for the mature woman when she promoted Oil of Ulay

 

* Diana Nyad

..... on August 20th 1979 she staggered out of the sea at Juno Beach after becoming the FIRST woman to swim the 60 miles between the Bahamas and Florida. The crossing took her 27 hours and 41 minutes and it was estimated that because of strong currents she had swum a distance of nearer 89 miles

 

* Diana - Princess

..... FIRST woman in modern times to be awarded the Freedom of the City of Portsmouth - 1992 and in 1995 was the FIRST Royal in the 20th century to take the press to court

 

* Diana Rigg

..... FIRST Lady Chieftain of the Highland Games in its 141-years when appointed at Bridge of Allan, Central Scotland in August 1992 and in October 1998 was appointed FIRST woman Chancellor of Stirling University

 

* Diana Taylor

..... FIRST woman President of the British arm of the giant Inteflora group. She ran Crosbie's Florists in Prestwich, Manchester, England and reached the top of the world's leading flower relay organisation after 28 years as a member. During her two year term of office she had a casting vote on matters affecting the day-to-day running of the group's British section, which had a £60m turnover.  She also travelled to Antigua, Singapore, Japan and America to visit other Interflora units